Jeremiah 15
1. Then said * the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood * before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out * of my sight, and let them go forth * .
2. And it shall come to pass, if they say * unto thee, Whither shall we go forth * ? then thou shalt tell * them, Thus saith * the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
3. And I will appoint * over them four kinds, saith * the LORD: the sword to slay * , and the dogs to tear * , and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour * and destroy * .
4. And I will cause * them to be removed * into all kingdoms of the earth,because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did * in Jerusalem.
5. For who shall have pity * upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan * thee? or who shall go aside * to ask * how thou doest?
6. Thou hast forsaken * me, saith * the LORD, thou art gone * backward:therefore will I stretch out * my hand against thee, and destroy * thee; I am weary * with repenting * .
7. And I will fan * them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave * them of children, I will destroy * my people,since they return * not from their ways.
8. Their widows are increased * to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought * upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler * at noonday: I have caused him to fall * upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
9. She that hath borne * seven languisheth * : she hath given up * the ghost; her sun is gone * down while it was yet day * : she hath been ashamed * and confounded * : and the residue of them will I deliver * to the sword before their enemies * , saith * the LORD.
10. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne * me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury * , nor men have lent to me on usury * ; yet every one of them doth curse * me.
11. The LORD said * , Verily it shall be well with thy remnant * ; verily I will cause the enemy * to entreat * thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12. Shall iron break * the northern iron and the steel?
13. Thy substance and thy treasures will I give * to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14. And I will make thee to pass * with thine enemies * into a land which thou knowest * not: for a fire is kindled * in mine anger, which shall burn * upon you.
15. O LORD, thou knowest * : remember * me, and visit * me, and revenge * me of my persecutors * ; take me not away * in thy longsuffering: know * that for thy sake I have suffered * rebuke.
16. Thy words were found * , and I did eat * them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called * by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
17. I sat * not in the assembly of the mockers * , nor rejoiced * ; I sat * alone because of thy hand:for thou hast filled * me with indignation.
18. Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable * , which refuseth * to be healed * ? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail * ?
19. Therefore thus saith * the LORD, If thou return * , then will I bring thee again * , and thou shalt stand * before me: and if thou take forth * the precious from the vile * , thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return * unto thee; but return * not thou unto them.
20. And I will make * thee unto this people a fenced * brasen wall: and they shall fight * against thee, but they shall not prevail * against thee: for I am with thee to save * thee and to deliver * thee, saith * the LORD.
21. And I will deliver * thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem * thee out of the hand of the terrible.
